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David is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TmoNews.com. He considers himself a Jedi Knight, capable of leaping tall buildings in a single bound and a connoisseur of fine cell phones. He has been involved in the wireless industry since 2003 and has been known to swap out phones far too many times in any given year. Should you wish to contact him, you can do so: david@tmonews.com.

Yup. This non-subsidy model is going to turn people off. Unless the up front cost on EIP is â‰¤ competing networks’ prices for the same devices on 2-year agreements this is going to be a nasty summer for TMo.

The EIP down payment usually matches the subsidized upfront cost of other carriers.

21stNow

The two that they are selling are not the best ones to get for T-Mobile customers. We want the STL 100-3, which usually costs more than the two on that site.

scurvy

it’s about time!
Though unless I am mistaken this means they did fail at being the first to bring it. AT&T is the 22nd if I recall.

Zacamandapio

It has been available for a few days already for my business folks.

We on the other hand had to wait!!!.

lovingmyGN2

There gonna turn it on, or at least I hope so. Bring on lte baby.

David

yep, they failed to be the first and the stores I called still have no idea and the website still says coming soon with no price…very annoying.

Get_at_Me

We’ve had some ppl come in and ask about the new BB, but im not losing any sleep over not being the first carrier to sell it in stores….it’ll be nice to have a completely new device to sell

David

I won’t disagree with that. I’m very impatient for this phone though.

conservative_motorcyclist

the z10 has been available on t-mobile to business customers since the 10th or 11th. I guess that technically makes them “first”

scurvy

In my mind the announcement publicly like that with not specifying “business” means they were aiming to be first to supply for all customers.

And AT&T has it released for all customers first.. So if they want to hang on to that technicality it’s pretty hollow.

21stNow

Correction, AT&T will release it for all customers first. AT&T did the opposite of T-Mobile and made business customers wait until March 22nd. : (

Zac

Show me someone with this phone in-hand. The only thing I ever found was a pre-order page. They weren’t “first”

Zacamandapio

Finally!!!!
Thanks TmoNews!!!

thepanttherlady

Count me in!

Zacamandapio

Me too!!

NYCTheBronx

Well well well. A day early as T-Mobile schedualed the release of the Blazkberry Z10 4G LTE. Pocketnow’s Jaime Revera said that T-Mobile plans to launch their 4G LTE network around March 26 or by the end of March. Starting first with Las Vegas and Kansas City.

I hope T-Mobile sticks to their word because 20mbps isn’t still fast enough for me when I’m downloading movies from Google Play Store and 1GB+ games.

Just today I re-downloaded my Need For Speed game and it was about 610MB and to install some other things on it to run on my phone was another 600ish MB and it took me more than an hour to download that game and I was in an area where I was getting approximately 13mbps.

Hopefully the Google Nexus 5 unveils before the end of Q1 or Q2 of 2013 and a release date of summer. Plus I am also anxious to see the Samsung Galaxy Note III when Samsung finally unveils it!

I want a taste of T-Mobile 4G LTE already! Come on! Can’t wait for the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S IV to come to T-Mobile!

TechHog

20Mb/s is faster than my home internet…

NYCTheBronx

Faster than my cheap AT&T Wi-Fi internet as well. Most of the time on my home internet, I am getting under 1mbps and rarely 2-3mbps max. My upload is so horrible as well. 20MB? Don’t you mean 20mb? MB is Mega Byte which is bigger than mb which is mega bits. 1 Mega Byte = 8 mega bits I believe. Put up a new YouTube channel today. Check it out in an 30 minutes. Going to upload vids on my HTC One X running 4G LTE with T-Mobile. Search NYCTheBronx in about half an hour.

Trust me. I got the cheap AT&T bipolar home internet plan. We pay only 15-20 bucks a month for it lol.

Zac

Hey TMo, Having a pre-order page for business customers doesn’t make you first to launch. That was a lame.

PTIP

As with every BlackBerry T-Mobile has ever launched, it’s available to Business customers to order… and they get it earlier than the actual launch date… so technically, yes, it does make them first to launch.

Zac

Do you know a business customer with one in-hand? Can you verify your “technically first to launch” claim? Have phones been delivered? I don’t think they have, but I’d love to be proven wrong.

The Small Business team has been selling them for a week now. They can do personal activation also. That’s how I got mine.

Mondra

Great!! Also on the 26th… the first LTE mobile broadband will be available!!!!

monchis

It’s a fantastic phone. You guys will be happy, for those that gave BB a chance with the 9900, give them another. The software on this phone is so intuitive, you will hear people complain about app availability but keep in mind it’s a whole new OS, everyone seems to forget how it was when the iPhone and G1 came out.

Bill Wheeler

My wife bought a 9900 when they were first released (despite my advice not to) and she has had nothing but issues with it. Crashes/freezes all the time, misses text messages, internet connection only works about a third of the time. We’re stuck with the POS until July when she’s eligible for upgrade.

21stNow

That’ll be cool. I had the ups and downs of getting one from a third party that I had to exchange due to a defective Wi-fi antenna. The waiting game begins again.

M42

I hope T-Mobile has a lot more to announce on March 26th besides the new Blackberry and the Uncarrier thing, which they’ve already announced for all practical purposes. My hope is that they announce the turning on of a whole bunch of new 4G towers and lay out their LTE map. Of course, I was told by T-Mobile last year all the horribly slow Edge in my area would be converted to 4G by the end of last year, which hasn’t happened so I’m not holding my breath – just keeping hope alive.

sincarafan247

I had a crackberry a few years back on t-mobile. Never had so many issues with a phone in my life. Never again. Whats the deal with the SG3 lte? Are there still plans to release it on the 27th? Guess we’ll find out.

Bill Wheeler

THIS. My wife has been a crackberry addict for years, and after about a year they turn into an unworkable, crashing POS. She’s finally giving up on them and going to go Android.

Jeff

So im getting mixed information. Is the Z10 really launching on the 26th? Im seeing reports that its launching on the 27th . . anyone have any other supporting information to go along with this twitter post?

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